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The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Tuesday issued notices to the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra), K-Electric and others on the Jamaat-e-Islami’s petition against “illegal” load-shedding, lack of power generation and collection of different taxes by KE from its consumers through the electricity bills. JI Karachi chief Hafiz Naeemur Rehman and others said KE has failed to discharge its duty for providing uninterrupted electricity to the city’s residents. They said that the right to have electricity is an essential component of the right to life enshrined in the constitution.…

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The Senate Standing Committee on Power has directed the Power Division to take action against officials who facilitated continuation of Manzoor Ahmed as MD, NTDC after his retirement and a summary to be sent to the Cabinet for giving charge to any other officer for six months. According to minutes of the meeting held recently, the Committee observed that the seat of DMD System Operator), NTD, Ali Zain Banatwala was in complete violation of conflict of interest and must be removed immediately; and in case Manzoor Ahmed intends to continue…

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Eight industrial associations of Kara­chi, while terming gas subsidy to cap­tive power plants discriminatory and unjust, has claimed that violation of gas supply priority list results in high­er fuel charge adjustments (FCA) for residential and industrial consumers. Eight industrial associations of Kara­chi collectively denounced the decision to supply captive power plants with subsidized indigenous gas, terming it a violation of the Gas Allocation Policy 2018. They revealed that this was the real reason behind the exorbitant fuel charges in electricity bills, as in the face of gas shortages, SSGC was…

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Shanghai Electric’s Thar Coal Power Plant is set to start injecting electricity into the system, the country’s top energy executive said on Tuesday, while coal-fired projects’ generation is seen hitting 2,000MW this year. Thar Engro Coal Power Project has already become operational, and Shanghai Electric’s plant will also come online very soon,” said Federal Minister for Energy Khurram Dastagir Khan addressing the inaugural ceremony of the 11th IEEEP Fair 2022 at Expo Centre Karachi. The energy minister also revealed that Thar coal power projects were poised to achieve their production…

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The National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (Nepra) on Wednesday approved a Rs3.63 per unit cut in electricity price for K-Electric consumers on account of fuel charges adjustment (FCA) for July 2022, reported Aaj News. The reduction was announced during the hearings held to review the FCAs for July 2022 and the second quarter of the year (April to June 2022). The power regulator will issue a notification on the decision later. During the hearing, Nepra Chairman Tauseef Farooqi told K-Electric officials that many complaints regarding loadshedding have been received from…

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